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Letter: Should We Monitor Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia?

William Treuhaft, MD | March 1, 2013

Why have physicians stopped routine screening for hyperuricemia and is there any value to this screening?

Letter: There’s No Reason Now to Screen for Uric Acid

Robert H. Shmerling, MD | March 1, 2013

Screening was common in the 1970s and before, but new studies demonstrate that most hyperuricemia patients never developed gout or kidney stones, so enthusiasm for screening waned

What Mick Jagger Can Teach Us About Growing Old Gracefully

Simon M. Helfgott, MD | February 1, 2013

Preventive lifestyle behaviors, including regular exercise, can compress morbidity and disability to the very end of our lives, say rheumatologists

ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012: Global Perspectives Make Rheumatology Meeting an International Affair

Susan Bernstein | January 1, 2013

Attendees from every corner of the world came to the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP) Annual Meeting with different educational and professional goals

Rheumatology Drug Updates

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | January 1, 2013

Information on new approvals and medication safety rheumatologists need to know

Online Medical Information Adds New Dimension to Patients’ Discussions with Doctors

Vanessa Caceres | December 1, 2012

Patients and rheumatologists find pros and cons in Web-based research

CORRONA Team Provides Data-Based Tool to Address Rheumatology’s Questions

Gretchen Henkel | December 1, 2012

The Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America (CORRONA) patient registry collects a host of treatment and disease indicators for a variety of rheumatic diseases at every physician visit

ACR Report Outlines Reasonable Use of Ultrasound in Rheumatology

Kathy Holliman | November 1, 2012

The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) “Report on Reasonable Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Rheumatology Clinical Practice” addresses using the technology in the context of an overall clinical evaluation

President’s Perspective: Big Questions, Bent Forks, and New Names

James O'Dell, MD | November 1, 2012

The ACR year in review